Ian Grosz

I am an Aberdeenshire-based writer interested in the themes of landscape and place. I have a practice-led PhD in creative writing awarded by the University of Aberdeen in 2023. My thesis was funded through a New King’s Studentship awarded in 2020 and is centred on a work of narrative nonfiction prose that explores place and identity through travelogue and memoir. I also hold an MLitt in creative writing, graduating with distinction in 2019, and have a track record of publication across a range of magazines, journals and anthologies both in print and online. As an experienced tutor, I am able to offer engaging one-off taster sessions or sustained classes in creative writing across all its forms, as well as facilitate writing specifically drawing on landscape and place. I can work closely with new and developing writers in small groups and through one-to-one mentoring to help develop work to a publishable standard. I am particularly interested in working on a residency basis for projects with a community focus, and welcome collaboration with other writers and artists to respond to brief. As a former chairman of the Lemon Tree Writers and as host on the University of Aberdeen’s Podcast From the Old Brewery, I am also able to chair events, interviews and panel discussions with other visiting authors.